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.LA VERNE W1 NOYES.

GRAIN BINDER.

N0. 366,502. Patented July 1 2, 1887.

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GRAIN BINDER.

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LA VERNE W. NOYBS.

GRAIN BINDER.

Patented July 12,1887.

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LA VERNE W. NOYES.

GRAIN BINDER.

Patented .T uly 12, 1887.

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I GRAIN BINDER.

No. 366,502. Patented July 12, 1887.

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LAv VERNE 'WfNOYES OF CHICAGO, lLLlNOIS.

GRAIN-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 366,502, dated July 12, 1887.

I Application tile-.d I eccniher 1865. Serial No. l&6.tl26. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, 'LA VERNE W. N oYEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi cago, iu the county of Cook and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binders, which are fully set forth and described in the following Specification.

[This invention relates to automatic grainbinders; and it comprises improved mechanism for packing the'grain and improved means ot'actuatingthesame; improved mechanism tor adjusting'the gavel-supporting floor-or buttevening board-to correspond with the length ofgthe grain; improved mechanism for operating the compressor; improved mechanism for4 dividing the gavel from the owing grain and retaining the latter ont-0f the path of the needle; improved means for causing the binding mechanism when it starts to disconnect Afrom the driving-power the conveying and ypvacking mechanism; improved mechanismfor fstripping the dischargers;v an improved form of trip, and improved structure ot' the bearings for the binder-gear train.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan ot`the hinder, the conveyor, sickle, and drive-wheel being shown sufficiently to show their relative positions. Fig. 2 is an outer elevation ot the parts located outside o f the vertical plane through the line :vw on Fig. 1. Fig. 3.is an elevation of the parts located inward from said plane m x, the same being seen from the outer or drive wheel side, the frame and the grainsupporting ledge being cut by said plane'and shown in section. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail plans ot' the compressor and its connections with the needle, the former showing the position of said parts before the needle starts forward, and the latter showing their position at the instant the needle starts back. Fig. 6 isa section through y y, Fig-5. Fig. 7 isa section through zz, Fig. 5. Fig. S is a plan of the clutching mechanism which connects the conveyor-driving train with the driving power and ofthe levers which operate it. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through un, Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is an enlarged elevation,a nd Fig. 11 an enlai-ged plan, of the dog which engages said clutching mechanism. Fig. 12 isa plan of the trip andthe disk which carries it. Fig. 13 is a section through m m, Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a vation ofthe parts shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 17

is a vertical section through the shaft and wheels therewith connected, whereby the packer-wheel is driven. Fig. 1S is an elevation showing in detail the binder-clutch. Fig.

19 is al perspective of the binder-trame and the packer-frame pivoted thereon, all the other mechanism being removed, the point ot' view being at the rear on the grain side. Fig. 20 is a vertical section through o o, Fig. 1. Fig` 21 is a perspective ot' a pinion which is jour .naled in the packer-frame. Fig. 22 is a detail elevation of the stubble side of the arm in which the needle rock-shaft isjournaled,show ing a bracket secured thereon for certain purposes related to the action ot the compressor.

The said figures illustrate my invention as applied to a harvester and binder which accumulates, and :binds the grain standing on end', and many of the details are applicable only to such a machine.

yThe general structure and action of the machine are as follows: The grain severed by the sickle is lodged standing on end upon the grainsupporting ledge B in the rear of the sickle, and leans against and is carried stubbleward by the leaning couvcyer B', being carried standing around the delivery end of said conveyer and back over the' grain-supporting ledge, which extends back, forming a {ioor ending at the binder-frame. It is kept from falling stubbleward against the gearing by the upright guard or sheath W, which is-secured to the platform, and extends from a poi nt stubbleward from the heel of the sickle, rearward and stubbleward toward the binder, and forms the boundary on the stubble side of a grain-receptacle at the discharge end of the conveyor. It is here received by the packers and packed, still standing on end, in the binder, against the trip, which protrudes horizontally across the BEST AVAILABL CP` to the conveyer mechanism, respectively.

The conyeyer-driving train comprises the said bevelgear A4 and the bevel-gear A4", meshing with it and fixed upon the vertical shaft am, carrying at the lower part below the frame the gear-wheel A, clutched to it by mechan-4 ism hereinafter described, and the horizontal gears A42 A3,which lie underneath the sheatht ing b, Fig.V 3, of the conveyerlfloor or grainledge. B, the last of said gears being the last in the conveyer-driving train, the conveyer-driving roller having `its shaft connected to and f revolvedby it. The mode' of this connection is not herein shownin fnll,but is made the subject of my application No. 186,925, filed December 2 8, 1885.

The binder-frame is secured'to, the rear of the grain-ledge or conveyer-ooi, and comprises the two horizontal arms C and (P, connected by the cross-neck C2 and upright bar Gif It comprises als'othe upright arms C* and C-#the former to afford bearing for the needle rock-shaft, and the latter to afford bearing for the knotter-actuating shaft. It comprises also the brace or extension C7, reaching graingward at the forward end, designed to afford .secure attachment to the plank which con- ;stitntes the conveyersupport.v Itis'also braced 40,A on the stubble side by the arm W of the harvester-frame. Upon afstud-axle on said extension C7 is jonrnaled the horizontal' gearwheel A, which meshes with and is driven4 by the horizontal gear A. To an upwardlyprojecting lug, c', of the arm C of the binder frame is pivoted thepacker-frame D, and at the forward en d of thearm D' of said packerframe is journaled the pinion A, said pinion being formed withahub, a,wh ich constitutes its axle, 'andsaid hub having at the lower end the flange am, to retain itin its journal-box d',

in4 which it is rst inserted by removing the cap d1. Said pinion has a central opening extending through its hub, said opening being oblong in form and adapted to receive the flat shaft A,which its said opening quite loosely, particularly being slightly narrower than the length of thesaid opening. Said flat shaft A6 is forked at-the lower end and its prongs ai 6o stride the stndaxle a and enter, respectively,

the sockets or apertures a am in the web of the gear-Wheel A*.

Upon the packer-frame D is jonrnaled theV packer-wheel E, which has the peripheral gearrim E', meshing with the pinion A45, and by that means the said packer-wheel receives mo tion. Said gear-rim is preferably'protected by the flange e on the upper side. Upon said packer-wheel are pivoted the packers El2 E2, which are preferably bell-cranks pivoted at their angles near the rim of the wheel E on the upper side, having at the end of one arm an abutment preferably in the form of an antif friction roll, ci, andv having the other arm adapted to enter and actnate the grain. To the packer-frame, under the packer-wheel, is fastened or made integral the cam D2, which has the surface d2 concentric with the wheel- E for a' distancesomewhat greater than the intervals between the -paekers,and adapted to engage the abntments c, the web of the wheel E being reduced toa mere skeleton and the said abntinents protruding down through the interspaees, and standing thus inthe plane of the said earn on the lower side 'of the wheel.

The packer-frame D is cranked grainward,

las seen in Figs. l and 3, the cranked portion 2D? being so formed as to Yallow space for the :play of the needle F. `Above said cranked part it is bent stubbleward whileI extending upward, and its upper arm, D, bears against the upper bar, C7, of theinner grain-wall, C7, of the binder.

Said bar Cl is notched to re ceive said arm D* and detain itat any desired position. The stili'ness of said arm or of the entire frame Dis 'sufficient to keep it4 in the notches, and its elasticityis suiiicient to allow it to be sprung out when desired, and no special device is therefore provided for these purposes. By means ofthe arm D, operating as a. handle for the'packenframe, the latter may be rocked over its pivot on the lugs c and the direction of the planes of action of the. packers adjusted as desired. .I A

The door H ofthe bindercorresponds in part to the butt-evening board of a binder wherein the grain is bound prostrate. connectedto the binder-frame by the link H, as wide'as said door, and pivoted at the rear side of the cross-neck C2, and connected at the other end to the door H, which is substantially horizontal. Said link H forms an approach from the conveyer-loor to the horizon tal door H of the binder, adj nsting itself antomatically to the position of thelatter. To the rear end of the'floor H is fastened rigidly the cam H1, which extends upward to a point considerably above the plane ofthe needle, being bent rearward between its ends to allow room for the play of the compressor. To the upper roo` Said floor is IIO partof the binder-frame, most conveniently to the lug c", fixed on the rear bar, C", of the grain-wall Ci, is pivoted the bell-crank lever H2, and to one of the arms H2o is pivoted the saidarm H0 ofthe binder-floorH'. The other arm, H, is connected to the arin D* of the packer-frame D, whereby the movement of the arm Dsimultane'ously adjusts both the. packerframe and the binder-frame. The connection may be made, as illustrated, by the chain H3. The arm D4 is preferably bent at the upper part, so as to diverge from the arm H2l in the most ordinary positions of the said arms, and the distance between said arms may be varied,

' chain H3.

-BEST AVAILABLE coa' and thereby the relative positions of the packers and the floor H may be adjusted by secur` ing the chain H3 at different points on said arms, and for that purpose the said arms may be provided with series of holes 71' and'd. The same result may be effected by shortening the The lioorHlias the flange or side guard, H, at the inner side, to keep the grain Aon the said floor. It is found most convenient to secure the arm H to the floorl by riveting it to the side guard, Hl; The length of the arm Hl0 should be such that the distance from l the hinge 71.', where the link Hjoins the door H',

H2, and the lengthof-the arm HA20 of said lever should be approximately'4 equal to length vof the. link H. Such relation will insure that the floor H', if horizontal in one position, will be horizontal in all positions to which it may b e adjusted by the lever H2, the link H and the arm H2U being in effect parallel links connected each at one end to the same 'rigid structu re-the bi nderf rameand having thei r other ends connected, asby a link, in the position of thedotted line from-h to h3. All posi- `tions of such a link will be parallel with each 'o ther, and the same would, therefore, be true `of any other part'of the rigid structurecolr.

nected at the pivots hand h3. By locating the fulcruin of the arm H3", which serves as one of the parallellinks to connect the floor tothe l frame, as described, so that a line from said fulcrum to theipivot h is above the highest position to which'it is necessary to raise the link H in adjusting the floor H', I escape a ditculty which is found to exist when it is placed lower than as above stated-namely, that after the link' H reaches a position coincident with the line connecting the pivots of the two links further attempt to raise the floor will cause only the rear eudof it to rise, since the link H will fall instead of rising, such motion serving equally as well asthe contrary one to accommodate it to the rising movement of the other 'link and' being compelled by gravity.

The binding mechanism receives motion from the bevel-gear A3, which meshes with d and drives the bevel-gear A0 on the forward end of the oblique shaft a3, which has loose upon it, but adapted to be clutched to it at the rear end, the bevelgear A3', which meshes with and drives the bevelgear A, fixed on the lower end of the vertical binder-shaft a3, which isjournalcd'in the vertical arm G5 of the binder-frame, and carries at the upper end, above its journal-bearing in said frame, the knottcr actuating wheel A33, whose detail structure is not apart of my invention and will not be describedherein.

For reasons which will hereinafter appear it is desirable that the space between the arm C3 of the binder-frame Gand the shaft a3 should of said shaft a bearing is provided by formingthe yoke A3", having the sleeve AM", by which it is jonrnaled on the shaft a, above the wheel A32, and in the side of said sleeve the oblique step bearing or socket A3 for the shaft e30, and in line with said oblique step-bearing, at the other end ofthe bow of the yoke, there is the further bearing A:x43 for said shaft. Between said bearings Amand A3" the bevel-pinion A3l is placed loose on the shaft, as stated. The mechanism for clutching said gear A3l to the shaft does not forin any'part of the present invention and is notshown or'described in de-l tail It consists of a dog, am, pi voted on the face of the bevel-.pinion A3, eeeentrically thereto,

said doo' havin an abutment a3 ada )ted at z g 7 a l one position of the dog to be engaged by the lugs e390 on the shaft a3", the spring a3 being.'

u red thedisk A35,ini mediate] y below thelower end of the arm C5 of the binder-frame, and to it 'are secured the trip G and the lower or butt-actuating discharger, K. f e

-Byreason of the-standing position of the grainI have found that especially in tall or overripe grain there isa tendency for the hcadsto bend over and hang down beyond the trip when ,that part is a single arm, and that-in such case, when the trip revolves, it gathers such overhanging heads and carries them around with it. To prevent this,'I have provided the trip with a horizontal extension to the rear Gm, giving to the trip the forni of a broad blade or shelf, upon which the heads ofthe grain will rest when they overhang` as described, and wide enough so that theheads will not reach beyond it and vhang down far enoughV to be engaged and drawn around by it. In practice I find it safe to make this blade in skeleton, as illustrated.

For convenience of adjusting the trip to vary the size of the bundle without changing its compaetucss. I have made the arm in two pieces, G' and G, with an adjustable joint at g, two radially serrated or convoluted shoulders being clamped together bya boltin a familiar manner, the bolt being loosened tio vary thev adj ustincnt. e

The reason and necessity for the'construetionwhich avoids obstruction between the shaft a3 and the framearni C3 is, that the trip and the diseharger must revolve th rough that IOO tro

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c space when they are located, as shown, above -close below the lower discharger. and lower bars are made of one piece of iron thc gear-wheel A". I find it desirable to locate them above said wheel, in order vto obtain Vgreat enough range for the adjustment of the binder-floor or butt-evening board H', for the trip should be as nearly as possible in the plane of the needle, and if the trip is low the needle is likewise required to be low, and the range of adjustment for the door between the' needle and the ground is correspondingly limited. at the rear of the trip makes it ,ncccssaryto take special precaution to prevent the heads of the grain in the bundle from hanging over the dischargers and being carried around with them, and this is done by giving to t-he stri pping device the form illustrated, which is a frame, L, having Stripping-bars L L between the dischargers-fone near to each dischargerand havigalsoastripping-bar, L, close above the upper' discharger, and a stripping-bar, L3, The upper and form the frame-work. rIhe upper, L2, is extended forward past the entiregavelingspace'of the binder, above thebreastfpla'te a considerable distance, and is then bent down and secured to the arm C1 ofthe binder-frame. This forwardly-extended part serves to sustain the grain-heads and keep them from falling g over and becoming entangled with thevknotte'r mechanism. Theintermediatestripping-bars,

L L', at one end are secured to the cross portion l of the frame, and at the other end are secured to the brcast-plate M.

The needle N is secured to the upper end of the vertical rock-shaft n', which is journaled -in the vertical armG of the binder-frame. It

derives motion from the gear-wheel` A32 by means of the link N', connected at one -end to the wrist-pin am on said gear-wheel A32, and at the other end to one end of the lever N2, pivoted at n on the frame, and from the other end of which the link N3 extends to the leverledge B is fixed on suitable slide-bcarings the sliding dog P, having the hooked end p2 protruded down behind the lever N2, and in position to be engaged thereby as the'lever retreats at the close of the action of the binder. Said dog is provided with the spring p', tending to thrust it in the Vopposite direction from that in which said lever will move it. To the lower end of theshaft a there is secured fast the cam-wheel A400, having four cam projections, aw. For convenience of affording an rIhe same reason that requires the guard BEST mancantecdr"- casilydrcssed bearing for-the gearwhcel A", this cam-wheel A400 is produced upward in aV sleeve, AO, around the journal-bearing (t of the shaft a4", and outsideof this sleeve is journaled 'the gear-wheel A, which rests upon the upper surface ofthe cam-wheel AO. Below said camwheehloose on the shaft am, is the ratchet-wheel Am, which is supported by the disk or washer Ai, which is itself supported by a linchpin, a, put through the shaft af be- With a'n antilfriction roll, to be engaged .'bv

the cam projectionsV am of the cam-wheel A".Q0 The direction of the slot am is eccentric to the wheel Al", so that when the engaged point of I the link 'A412 stands at the end of the slot near# fest the center of the wheel the abutment am is in position to be engaged by the cam-wheel A, and' when it stands at'the other end of said slot said abutment is out of range ot'sad cam-wheel. The first-stated position is shown in Fig.- 8, and in this position the cam A400 engages' the link Am, thereby driving the gear-wheel Atl, and through it the conveyer and packer. Whenthe binder starts, the lever NL is drawn by the-link N' toward the Y ratchet-wheel A", and the dog P is forced 'by the spring p' into engagement with the ratchetwheel Ao and arrests its' revolution. The link Am, continuing to move, has its end engaged in the eccentric slot am, carried out .from the center, until the abutment am is re- -leased from the cam-wheel A40", whereby the geanwheel Al is disconnected from the driv- ICO ing-power ofthe shaft am, and the con veyer and packers come to rest. the completion of the action of the binder returns to the position shown in Fig. 8, 'the sliding dog P is withdrawn from engagement' 'with the ratchet-wheel 'A, and the latter, resting upon the washer A, is started by the friction of the latter, and, revolving al distance equal to the length of the slot am, forces the link Am in toward the cam-wheel Amand When the lever N2 at IIO brings the abutment a12 again into 'engagement with the cam-wheel Aim", and thereby the motion of the gear-wheel A and the subsequent train is renewed. i

It should be observed that the action of the packers will continue for a bri'ef time after the needle starts, and that circnmstanceis of some importance in view of the action of the divider R, whose structure and operation I will now describe. Itis in the nature of ahorizontallyswinging gate hinged about in line with the point where the needle pierces the inner grainwall of the binder, the hinge-axis therefore being vertical, and standing when at rest within the arc through which the needle plays, and close against or even inward from the inner grain-wall, and moving at the instant the needle starts outward across the .gave1ing of the horizontal bars which form theinner' grain-wall. Said rock-shaft has xed to its lower end, and standing quite close above the plane of the needle, the rigid armV R, and

l higher up preferably another arm, SR2", which I find may be made yielding. To the rigid arm is`connected quite near the rock-shaft the link R3, the other end of which is pivoted to the needle at a point so situated that the starting of the needle will give as nearly as possible a direct thrust to the said link, so that the motion of the arms R? and'R", constituting the divider-gate, may be as prompt as possible, .and thatsaid gate may close across the gavel- `lug-space before theneedl'e Vhas made any considerable advancethereinto.' '.This motion' will have occurred before the packers have'ceased their action, V'and since the; said gate` andithe;

packers are movingfinf`4 opposite directions through the same body; of grain they will separate it and tend to create a,clear'p'ath, for the needle. However, regardless of thefaction ofthe packers, the sweep ofthe arms Rtjand R23 being past the verticaliline of 'the needlepoint froma position inside its arc toa position outside thesame; they will carry the 'grain back over its point, and thusleave a clear space for it to pass.- When the needle retreats, theaction ofthe divider islreversedand the 'path of the grain is again opened.

The mechanism for compressing the bundle fis as follows: -Pivoted to the needle eccentric 4" to its rock-shaft -is the compressor-link S, the

i." pivot-bolt s being of considerable length ver. tically, so that it sustains the compressor-link' and the compressor in horizontal position without other support. `The link S has a tail,

S', which is extended back from its pivot into position to collide with t-he back edge ofthe needle. The rear end of the compressor-link S is expanded laterally to form the arm S, to the inner end of which is pivoted the compressor Si, which is adapted to vibrate horizontally over said arm S2, and `to afford it support in aLll'posi-r tions said arm has its outer en'd broadened, forming the portion S2". Astop-shoulder, S2?, is provided on the upper surface of said link, and the compressor has a corresponding shoulder, S, adapted to stop against the'said-shoulder ou the link. Both said 4shoulders are pierced to admit the threaded linkv S", which has a head to stop it behind the shoulder S31, and has coiled about it in front of the shoulder S2l the spring S5,stopped between said shoulder at one end and the nut So at the other end. From the arm C* of the binder-frameis extended the bracket C, and in the end -of it is placed the short rock-shaft S, which hasa weighted leverarm, S6, depending from it., and an erect 1everarm, S61, standing up behind the inner ing a stop against its lateral vibration. The bearing of said rock-shaft S6 is provided with a stop, c, which prevents or limits the motion of the dependingarm Sm to the rear, ,but permits it to move freely forward, and having a reverse effectupon the action of the erect arm SGL. The rocking of the needle as it movesto encircle the bundle causes the conipres'sor-link carrying the compressor to slide forward, bearing against the erect arm Sm, until the needle reaches its limit. In this action the bundle is compressed, andthe compressor has yielded away from the needle somewhat, the shoulders S2l and S31 being separated as the spring S5 has yielded to the strain upon it.' When the needle starts to retreat, the erect armjSf will be rocked backward by the Vfriction of the back edge of the link S against it; or, to insure certaintyr of action, a slight notch may beprovided in the edge of the link to engage'the saiderect arm, which being so rocked out-ofthe way'of the said link, the latter, car- ;r'yi'n'g th'e compressor', will swing horizontally -inward, earryingthe compressor out of the .pathQof-thebundle, which is then ejected by the dpisch'a'rger.'` The needle, now, retreating, at the next instant comes Ainto collision by its b'ack'edge with'the -tail S of the link S, and

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The general structure of the'inachine herein described and shown-`viz., the standing conveyer, the horizontally-operating needle packers, trip, andl discharger, the adjustable packer-frameandthe connected and simultaneously-adj ustable binder-licor, the system of links and levers by which the motion of the needle is derived from the binder-sh aft a, and the compressor pivotally connected to the needle' and stopped on the frame during the binding process and released and allowed to yield back out of the path of the bundle as'the needle commences to retreat-is the subject -of my applications filed J une 29, 1885, Serial os. 170,142 and 170,143, and these features are not herein claimed, broadly.

I claim V- i 1. In combination with the conveyer movedge of the compressor-link S, and constitut the latterisagain carriedinto its initial posi" ing the grain standing on end toward the c drive-wheel, the binder-receptacle located rearward'from the line of delivery'of the conv veyer, the conveyer-driving train located un- Vderthe path of the grain from the conveyer to the binder-receptacle, and the packer-driving train having its first wheel located grainward from the path ofthe grain into the binder .and deriving motion from the conveyer-train, vand the packers actuated by said packer-driv ing train and operatiugabove the binder-floor, substantially as set forth.

v 2. In combination, the gear-wheel A, ha" ing lthe apertures um, the pivoteJ frame, .and the pinion journing an oblong axial aperto" which enters at one end wheel and at the otl1 A pinion, substantially-as and for the purpose set forth. j

3. In combination 'with the needle, the compressor-link pivoted thereto and reciprocated thereby, the compressor carried and sustained solely by said link, a movable stop-hearing on the frame, on which the compressor-link reciprocates, engaged by the compressor-link at its outward movement, and thereby moved out of the plane of motion of said link, to permit the latter to yield away from the path 0f the bundle, substantially as set forth.

4.. In combination with the needle and the compressor-link pivoted thereto and recipro-A cated thereby in a horizontal plane, and the compressor carried by said link, the horizontal-rock-shaft S, having bearings'rigid with the fr ame, and having the lever-arm S61, forming a stop-bearing for the compressor-link while it reciprocates in one direction and engaged by it in the opposite motion, .and having the weighted lever-arm S6", and -provided with a stop rigidwith its bearing, to limit its rocking in one direction, substantially as set forth. ,t Y, 5..-In combination with thenneedlefwhose axis is vertical and planeof movement horizontal, and the com pressor-li uk pivoted thereto and reci procated therebyi n a horizontal plane, the compressor pivoted and whollyfsustained on said link and vibrating horizontally over thesame, said link having the horizontal extension Si, to afford support for the compressor i n itssaid vibration, substantially as set forth.

6. The packer-frame pivoted to thefmain frame, and having the rigid lever-arm to `adjust and secure it in relation tosaid-frame, the binder-floor, the link connecting it tothe main frame, the arm rigid with said floor and extended away from the plane thereof, the lever pivoted on the frame having one arm substant-ially equal and parallel with the link and connected to the rigid arm of the floor, and having the other arm connected to the packerframe arm, all combined and'operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. ln combinationl withthe pivoted packerframe adjustable in avertical plane about its pivot, the binder-Hoor adjustable to diierent heights and connected to said adjustable packer-frame, said connection being adjustable to vary the distance between the floor andthe frame, substantially as'set forth.

8. In combination with the adj ustable packer-frame and the adjustable binder-floor, the lever pivoted on the frame and connected to the floor-arm to adjust the floor, divergng from the packer-frame arm, a chain connect.- ing said arms and adjustable to dilerent points on both, whereby the floor and packers may be relatively adjusted without varying the rela- *ifn between their respective movements in :tment relatively to the remaining in, the binder-Hoor, thelink connecting it to the frame, the rigid arm ex- 10..'The horizontal binder-floor, the link, substantially equal in width, connecting 1t to Y the frame and constituting an adjustably-inclined approach lto said'iioor, the armrlgid with and upwardly extended` from said door,

and the lever-arm connecting said rigid arm with the frame, lthe lever-arm and the link be-` Y ing substantially equalin length and parallel. 1l.' In combination,substantially as set forth, the needle moving horizontally to encircle the upright'bundle andthe horizontal trip having the extension to form a guard to support over` hanging grain on the side toward the discharge.

12.V In combination with the horizontallyoperating needle, the binder-shaft a, having its drivinggear-wheel at the lower end and the knotter-actuating wheel at the upper end, andthetrip-carrying disk rigid with said-shaft above the driving gear-wheel, substantial] y as Y -s'et.forth.

'$13.1 jfrhe j siiftfifna alegar-Bn A, cam-wheel A9?, and ratchet-wheel Am, concentricwith said shaft, the cam-wheel being fixed to it and the other two of said wheels being loose about it, the ratchetwheel having the eccentric slot a ,jthe linkvAA, pivoted to the gear-wheel and engaging in the said slot in the'ratchet-lwheell, 'and having an abutment to be engaged by the cam-wheel, and the dog' l?, to engage and detain the :ratchet-wheel, all combinedand operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth; t

14. The shaft a..",and the gear-wheel A and ratchet-wheel Aw, both loose on said shaft, and the cam-wheel A,txed thereon, the link connectingsaid. loose wheels and engaged by the ixedcam-whecl, th'e dog l?, engaging the ratchet-wheel, andthe lever which operates the needle, engaging the dog to disengage the latter from the ratchet-wheel, all combined and operating substantially as set forth.

15. The vertical shaft a", having rigid' with it the cam-wheel Ao", the washer A4, carried at its lower end, tlie gear-wheel A,concentri c with said shaft and cam-wheel Am, and supported-bjr the lattgr, the ratchet-wheel A',` concentric withthe shaft and supported by the washer, and having the eccentric slotam,

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the lever Am, pivoted to the gear-wheel and 'engaged in the said slot, and having an abutment to be engaged by the cam-wheel, and the dog 1),to engage and detain the ratchet-wheel. In testimony whereof witness my hand, in the presence of two witnesses, at Chicago, Illinois, December 23, 1885.

LA VER-NE -\V. NOYES.

Attest:

C. H. THORPE, CHAs. S. BURTON. 

